Socio-Communicative Behaviors Involving Minimally Speaking Autistic Preschoolers and Their Typically Developing Peers: Effects of an Augmentative and Alternative Communication Intervention Package.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) intervention package consisting of systematic instruction and aided AAC modeling with speech-output technology on the acquisition, maintenance, and generalization of socio-communicative behaviors in four minimally speaking, preschool-aged, autistic children.

Method

A multiple-probe design across behaviors (i.e., initiating a request for a turn, answering questions, and commenting) replicated across participants was implemented to evaluate the effects of the intervention package on socio-communicative behaviors. Furthermore, a pretreatment and posttreatment multiple-generalization-probe design was used to assess generalization across typically developing p

SUBMITTER: Edgar TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11567110 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature